Largest mammal on Earth … Surely the man at the circus must have mentioned it as he lifted us into the howdah one by one. I was front rider in … Read the rest
Megan Neville
Elegy with Apologies to Leon Jakobovits James
Six feet away a girl asks do I
know a term for saying a word
until it loses ground,
becomes a different
thing
Protactile Poetry
One of the outcomes I expect from the enterprise of translating American Sign Language poetry into English is that it would disappoint many readers.
Christopher Citro
If Alone Has a Flavor
Some sort of tinned fish. Check.
Udon noodles ready in five minutes.
Check. The peanut oil. Yes.
Sesame seeds shaken like snow. Oh, yes.
And
A. Prevett
Christian Schlegel
Aholaah Arzah
Aholaah Arzah's essay "Ring Cycle" received Longshot Magazine's feature award. She lives in Port Townsend, Washington.
Jane Wong
In the Future, the Garden Grows Over Everything
In the future, the garden grows over everything, sweet potato vines kissing
windshield wipers, pollen painting a factory of sneakers, nasturtium peppering
Introduction by Aracelis Girmay
Audre Lorde. Sandra María Esteves. Lucille Clifton. Mariposa. Harryette Mullen. Suheir Hammad. These are some of the poets I see Urantia Ramirez and Shaina Jones walking beside and after. And of course the countless poets in their lines whose names I do and do not know: to them I throw my flowers and give thanks.
Hasan Alizadeh
Translated by Rebecca Ruth Gould & Kayvan Tahmasebian
Old Testament, New Testament
Perhaps in Isfahan
or another city like Isfahan
a woman—
the most beautiful woman in the world—
a
